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Homer calls ἰωκήν ["rout"] ἰῶκα , as Hesiod [calls] κρόκην ["weft"] κρόκα .[1] And Homer himself calls ἀλκῇ ["strength"] ἀλκί [in the phrase] ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς .[2] And he calls the battle "rout" from a part, since [battle] becomes the cause of a pursuit; in the same way also [he calls] war "battle-cry" from the shouting.[3]